Image generating apparatus
AssigneeFunai Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsKouichi Chikumoto, Daisuke Takasaka
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Abstract
An image generating apparatus capable of improving positional accuracy of a bearing of a side plate with respect to a chassis is obtained. In this thermal transfer printer (image generating apparatus), a round hole receiving a platen roller bearing of a side plate is provided on a side surface of a chassis. The side plate is mounted on the chassis by bringing the side plate into contact with the side surface of the chassis in a state inclined by a prescribed angle θ and thereafter rotating the side plate about the platen roller bearing serving as the rotation center.
Claims17
An image generating apparatus comprising:
- a chassis having a side surface mounted with a print head;
- and
- a side plate, mounted on said side surface of said chassis, integrally provided with a bearing supporting a rotary shaft, wherein
- said side surface of said chassis is provided with a round hole receiving said bearing of said side plate,
- either said side plate or said side surface of said chassis is provided with a stop section for fixing said side plate to said side surface of said chassis, and
- either said side surface of said chassis or said side plate is provided with a stop portion engaging with said stop section through rotation of said side plate while said bearing of said side plate is inserted into said round hole provided on said side surface of said chassis.
An image generating apparatus comprising:
- a chassis having a side surface mounted with a print head;
- a side plate, mounted on said side surface of said chassis, integrally provided with a bearing supporting a rotary shaft;
- and
- a platen roller against which said print head is pressed, wherein
- said bearing provided on said side plate is a platen roller bearing for supporting the rotary shaft of said platen roller,
- said side surface of said chassis is provided with a round hole receiving said bearing of said side plate,
- said side plate is provided with a hooked stop section for fixing said side plate to said side surface of said chassis and a projecting portion for positioning said side plate with respect to said side surface of said chassis, and
- said side surface of said chassis further includes a notch, a stop portion provided in the vicinity of said notch for engaging with said stop section when said side plate is rotated while said bearing of said side plate is inserted into said round hole of said side surface of said chassis and a recess portion engaging with said projecting portion of said side plate for positioning said side plate,
- so that said side plate is brought into contact with said side surface of said chassis on a position rotated by a prescribed angle thereby inserting said hooked stop section of said side plate into said notch of said chassis and said side plate is thereafter rotated about said bearing of said side plate serving as the rotation center thereby engaging said hooked stop section of said side plate with said stop portion of said chassis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.